Recent content by marshbrewer

Let it go, let it go.... 🤣

I know your evening has been ruined worrying about what happened, well Town won 2-0 and will play league football again next season. Waiting for a Chinese for the kids. Nethergate Suffolk County. Very nice.

In the fanzone again waiting to go I to Blundell Park, pint of Docks Beers east New England IPA - Knuckle Down. Not bad. Just need Town to beat (or get a draw against) Swindon * and it will be golden. *thus ensuring their league survival

Latest brewing related books: Need to find the other volumes of this one, but they appear as rare as rocking horse poo: And talking of hard to find book, I've been looking for this one for ages, big fan of the author, tracked this one down in a charity shop:

Where abouts in Lincs mate?

So would 3/8th be good from Regulator to manifold, then 3/16 from manifold to individual kegs?

This is what I have done in the past when I've painstakingly cultured up a yeast from bottles, and had a successful brew so know the yeast is good (as well as top cropping, but that's a different topic). I leave an inch or so of beer in the FV on top of the yeast. This is swilled around...

Not too hot water, though. Demijohns don't like thermal shock!

I've done dry January several times, and have never felt any beneficial effects as regards sleep, or indeed weight which is odd. I've given it up as a bad idea. I tend not to drink Mon - Thurs but I'm not fanatic about it, if I get invited to a birthday do or something on those days I'll...

To be fair, apart from the mash tun, all other readings would be taken through thermowells

So, the Thermopen seems to be getting a lot of love. I've just checked and I've got some Amazon vouchers to use so that might be a good option as they seem to sell them.

My digi thermometer (no brand Chinese thing) takes an absolute age to read temperature. Like a few mins. Zzzzzzzz.... So, can anyone recommend a digi thermometer that reads quickly, has a reputation for accuracy, and bonus points if fairly common so I can be a tight **** and look out for a...

Spoiler alert. They didn't. :mad:

In the fanzone at Town with the youngest daughter, Docks Beer Overtime lager. Not to bad. Just need Town to thrash the Yorkies now..

Na, my erratic brewing schedule doesn't really mix with liquid yeasts. If I get a chance to brew, I just need to brew which makes starters often impossible. So for this brew, I looked at the expected FG and attenuation and used a mix of CML Firm + House. Finished at 1.021 so not too far off...